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She’s an absolute idiot!” she added with the wisdom invariably shown by people who, not being in love themselves, feel that a clever man should only b...more

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With women who do not love us, as with the "dear departed," the knowledge that there is no hope left does not prevent us from continuing to wait.

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Much that for us is fraught with with happiness or misery, remains almost unnoticed by the rest of the world.

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We have such numerous interests in our lives that it is not uncommon, on a single occasion, for the foundations of a happiness that does not yet exist...more

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Other people are, as a rule, so immaterial to us that, when we have entrusted to any one of them the power to cause so much suffering or happiness to ...more

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I loved her [Gilberte]; I was sorry not to have had the time and the inspiration to insult her, to hurt her, to force her to keep some memory of me. I...more

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... there was no need for him to hasten towards the attainment of a happiness already captured and held in a safe place, which would not escape his gr...more

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But sometimes it is just when everything seems to be lost that we experience a presentiment that may save us; one has knocked on all the doors which l...more